Vikram Seth - Prizes and Awards

Prizes and Awards

  • 1983 – Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet
  • 1985 – Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) The Humble Administrator's Garden
  • 1993 – Irish Times International Fiction Prize (shortlist) A Suitable Boy
  • 1994 – Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book) A Suitable Boy
  • 1994 – WH Smith Literary Award A Suitable Boy
  • 1999 – Crossword Book Award "An Equal Music"
  • 2001 – EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award) for Best Book/Novel An Equal Music
  • 2005 – Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
  • 2007 – Padma Shri in Literature & Education

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